the irony is not lost

Peterborough has been experiencing brownouts for a few hours now, I don't know how widespead they are as I have not seen any news yet... anyway when I got home from work the power was out so the only thing I could do was listen to music on my lappy with its 1.5 hours of battery life left... I put on the song "We Are Tomorrow" by Bleach and when it hit the chorus and the band says "It's our time to shine" the power immediately came back on! Creepy!

DAS

That is, suffering from DAS (Disgusting Ass Syndrome, including but not limited to the following: odiferous flatulence, explosive diarrhea, and the "ring of fire")

This was me yesterday, and according to the Canadian Board of Health, one cannot handle food while suffering from DAS, so I got the day off work!

So Rach and I had some mellow hang outs and watched Pirates of the... Stupid Long Movie Titles 2, and yeah, fun. We also had a nice leisurely walk down to Staples so that I could buy another Surge Protector, this one for upstairs to enable usage of my new Compy speakers/pluggin' in the compy/AC/phone one the one measly electrical outlet my computer room has due to my house being freaking old. I love these awesome wall mounted surge protectors though, they make me excited. You know you're a geek when...

Anyway, off to work!

Whitby and the 'Shwa

Today I went to Whit(e)by and the 'Shwa with Steve, Jer, and Sybil. Sarah was a gonna come but somethin' came up so she couldn't.

We went mainly because I received a gift certificate for Best Buy from my Dad for graduation, and Whitby has the nearest Best Buy. Plus it was a great excuse to go to Teddy's Restaurant in the 'Shwa, the OC, and Deja Vu Discs.

We all had fun, I got some Bose speakers for my compy, and they sound heavenly... I knew that Bose have a rep for really high quality audio reproduction, but I didn't think such rich and, well, three-dimensional sound could come from two small speakers... Great Success!!! Thanks Dad!

When we hit up the CD shops I got some new records to try out on the speakers as well!

Cool Hand Luke- Wake Up O Sleeper [one of the few "CCM" bands I dig, nice dreamy pop worship-y stuff]

Few Left Standing- Wormwood [long forgotten record by a long forgotten hardcore act, I heard the song "Burn Me to the Ground" on This is Solid State vol. 3 and have wanted this record since. Five years later I finally find a copy, dusty, sitting on the shelf in an old Christian Bookstore. Very nice. These guys would've blown up if it wasn't for the fact that they broke up as this was hitting the shelves. I guess being married and supporting their families was more important than playing in a band! Duh!]

Smashing Pumpkins- Pisces Iscariot [nice selection of b-sides/outtakes/covers from the first few years. Some of these songs are as good as or better than songs that actually made the records, others are fun in their weirdness, and others invoke "What were they thinking?" factor]

Dinner at Teddy's was nice as well. Came home and went on a date with Rach, had fun times getting caught up as it's been about a week, stupid working different hours!

On another note please pray for me, I did something to screw up my foot a few days ago (God knows what) and so every day I wake up with a dull pain that eventually becomes so terrible that I find it difficult to walk. This sucks, as I walk everywhere and my job requires me to stand for 8 hours a day. Anyway, I'm off to bed, early morning tomorrow!

cha cha cha

thoughts & ideas:

1. The Lord has a keen sense of irony. Last week I mentioned something to my pastor and this week he preached on the exact thing that I mentioned. And it convicted the hell out of me.
2. I love sushi. Specifically, I love Matsu Sushi, the awesome and friendly local neighbourhood sushi joint.
3. The Chariot's new album will rip your face off and, not coincidentally, also convict the hell out of you. These are Josh's best lyrics. It's like non-cliche worship with pummeling heaviness... and southern mass-choir-ness! Enjoy at your own risk.
4. Nerdy news: Today I bought a Western Digital 120gb portable hard drive. Two purposes in mind: first, remove all valuable files and documents from my Craptacular Dell, and also to digitally back up ALL of my CDs onto it. This will be quite nice for traveling/partying purposes.
5. Rachel is amazing. Thanks for being there.